Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Hacker News | Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for Three Years
Hacker News | Things I've Learned from Traveling Around the World for Three Years: "h university tuition bills that need paying. Since most people do this sort of travelling either just before or just after university, I imagine that is a pretty big factor.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
How to Minimize Politics in Your Company // ben's blog
How to Minimize Politics in Your Company // ben's blog: "omeone say: “I love corporate politics.” On the other hand, I meet plenty of people who complain bitterly about corporate politics—sometimes even in the companies they run. So, if nobody loves politics, why all the politics?
Political behavior almost always starts with the"
Political behavior almost always starts with the"
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hacker News | Ask HN: What's your Mac/OSX web development software set-up?
Hacker News | Ask HN: What's your Mac/OSX web development software set-up?: "development, on a Mac platform? I'm not attached to anything, and want to use whatever will make me most efficient (even at an initial cost). Here's my current set-up ("
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Hacker News | Ask HN: Okay okay, I'll learn to program...now what?
Hacker News | Ask HN: Okay okay, I'll learn to program...now what?: "Background info: I've programmed in C, C , and VB, but nothing more than what an entry level course would teach. I'm rather adept in CSS, but that doesn't really count."
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Hacker News | Ask HN: How have you learned a speaking language?
Hacker News | Ask HN: How have you learned a speaking language?: "remember common words. One day you will get to the stage where you recognise 95% of the words you see, and that's enough to get basic understanding of most material. You'll probably eventually want to aim for about 10,000 words of passive vocabulary. At 10 minutes a word, that's already 1500 hours , about 40 weeks, 40 hours a week.
3) Mandarin or arabic are languages that many people speak and study. You'll be able to find plenty of material online, videos, radio, news, blogs. TV and radio are probably less efficient if you're not able to read similar material, so try to find material with transcripts or subtitles and use those.
4) Teachers can be helpful, but are expensive. VOIP classes may"
3) Mandarin or arabic are languages that many people speak and study. You'll be able to find plenty of material online, videos, radio, news, blogs. TV and radio are probably less efficient if you're not able to read similar material, so try to find material with transcripts or subtitles and use those.
4) Teachers can be helpful, but are expensive. VOIP classes may"
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Hacker News | Build What Had Previously Not Been Possible
Hacker News | Build What Had Previously Not Been Possible: "oking for an attack.
And when they see a new idea come up, one hears them
say 'Well that bears on this pr"
And when they see a new idea come up, one hears them
say 'Well that bears on this pr"
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Hacker News | Lawrence Lessig's new TED talk
Hacker News | Lawrence Lessig's new TED talk: "What's more fundamental: the way that campaigns are funded, or the fact the most voters have no clue what their representatives actually stand for - or even who they are? Removing the funding doesn't tie the reps down, it just leaves them floating in the wind - and influence can certainly be traded for things other than campaign contributions.
The fundamental problem stems now, as ever, from distributed costs and concentrated benefits. The energy company lobbies with millions because they can expect the benefits of lobbying to exceed the millions. The people could easily out-vote the special interests, but with current technology, the cost of casting an informed vote is greater than the expected benefit.
The solution, I think, is to create technology which shifts the co"
The fundamental problem stems now, as ever, from distributed costs and concentrated benefits. The energy company lobbies with millions because they can expect the benefits of lobbying to exceed the millions. The people could easily out-vote the special interests, but with current technology, the cost of casting an informed vote is greater than the expected benefit.
The solution, I think, is to create technology which shifts the co"
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Hacker News | Ask HN: Favorite startup demo videos
Hacker News | Ask HN: Favorite startup demo videos: "of an item that everyone recognizes and a problem most people (if not all) have probably dealt with. I think the present version is even extended a bit from the original (now includes some computer files info)"
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